High-sensitivity fiber-tip pressure sensor with graphene diaphragm

J Ma, W Jin, HL Ho, JY Dai - Optics letters, 2012 - opg.optica.org
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A miniature fiber-tip pressure sensor was built by using an extremely thin graphene film as
the diaphragm. The graphene also acts as a light reflector, which, in conjunction with the
reflection at the fiber end–air interface, forms a low finesse Fabry–Perot interferometer. The
graphene based sensor demonstrated pressure sensitivity over 39.4 nm/kPa with a
diaphragm diameter of 25 μm. The use of graphene as diaphragm material would allow
highly sensitive and compact fiber-tip sensors.
A miniature fiber-tip pressure sensor was built by using an extremely thin graphene film as the diaphragm. The graphene also acts as a light reflector, which, in conjunction with the reflection at the fiber end–air interface, forms a low finesse Fabry–Perot interferometer. The graphene based sensor demonstrated pressure sensitivity over 39.4  nm/kPa with a diaphragm diameter of 25 μm. The use of graphene as diaphragm material would allow highly sensitive and compact fiber-tip sensors.
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